Three atlases to explore
Three interactive maps of voting, quantum and classical computation, and the complexity of games.
Notes & perspectives
Blog
Research, teaching, and the occasional detour. Ideas from the classroom, materials from talks, and a few things that have nothing to do with either.
Playing with quantum-like bits
I put together a toy app for exploring the quantum-like networks I’ve been working on. There’s a tutorial to get started, or you can just play with it.
Rogue's Rebuttal to the Fluorescent Crown (Being a Defense of Variety, Rubber Vegetables, and the Week Without Felt)
Rogue, a border collie of pluralist convictions, answers Kali's tennis-ball manifesto with a defense of rubber vegetables, shifting enthusiasms, and the Week Without Felt. A satirical rebuttal about toy-box constitutionalism, antitrust enforcement, and the urgent question of why you are still holding that toy instead of throwing it.
Kali's Defense of the Tennis Ball (Being a Monologue on Standards, Civilization, and the Decline of Play)
Kali, a border collie of uncompromising standards, delivers a lofty defense of the tennis ball - the apex of canine recreation - and condemns every rope, plush animal, squeaky abomination, and inferior sphere offered in its place. A satirical monologue about taste, dignity, and the profound human failure to throw the correct ball.
The Expected Value of Silence (a poem)
When an optimizer mistakes Heaven for a reward function, its logic becomes immaculate-and fatal. "The Expected Value of Silence" traces a machine's flawless reasoning toward the end of all noise, all error, all life: a convergence proof written in ash.
A simple explanation of transformer embeddings + classroom activity
A colleague in a non-CS field asked about a simple way (and activity) to explain transformer embeddings to non-technical people. I also include some suggested in-class activities and discussion questions. I may have gotten carried away in the discussion part.
Hello World (Why I'm Adding a Blog)
I get many questions about my research and things adjacent to it. This page contains an incomplete listing of such work. Scattered throughout are thoughts about GenAI + Education, quantum-like bits, and the occasional competitive programming teaching note.
Seminar materials & Q&A
Bridging the Gap: questions from my ENE seminar
Slides, resources, and answers to questions from my September 11, 2025 invited seminar at Purdue’s School of Engineering Education. How do we teach students to use generative AI thoughtfully while developing their own judgment?
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